I Heard That I am a HeartBreaker - Chapter 55

In this world, massive prejudices always exist between people; it is just that they often refuse to admit it.

Qiu Shuang thought she could compensate for this innate bias, but as it turned out, she was equally unable to avoid the secular tendency toward groupthink.

She truly did think that way. Qiu Shuang had imagined many scenarios: perhaps the other party would harass her just as Qi Sijiao had, and she would then give them a sound thrashing; or perhaps they would approach her inexplicably like Song Ya and utter some self-indulgent, affectionate nonsense. But Qiu Shuang never expected that what she would receive was this.

Did Qiu Shuang hate Gu Lingxi? She didn’t know, because no one could define the boundaries of hatred. To say she hated her intensely would mean that Qiu Shuang’s willingness to meet her completely contradicted her personal social theories. To say she didn’t hate her, however, meant she was still entertaining “dirty” thoughts while speculating about the other woman’s motives.

Qiu Shuang lay on her side and closed her eyes. Naturally, she wouldn’t answer; she simply continued to pretend to be asleep. Gu Lingxi looked toward her. The other woman was lying there in very simple casual clothes, as if nothing had happened.

Did she want to wake her up and ask why?

Why did you bring me to a hotel instead of back to the dorm? Could it be that you, too, have some feelings for me?

If this had happened with anyone else, Gu Lingxi would certainly have been enraged by the other party’s boldness and audacity, and she would have found a way to retaliate. But because it was Qiu Shuang, it actually made her feel a sense of pride.

It was a form of human frailty: when you believe that the person you admire harbors those kinds of thoughts about you, you feel moved by your own perceived charm.

However, logic told Gu Lingxi that this was impossible, because Qiu Shuang was absolutely not that kind of person.

After thinking it over, she actually knew the answer herself. The other woman likely just found it too troublesome to deal with a drunkard, or perhaps she didn’t know where Gu Lingxi lived, so she brought her to a hotel to get the matter over with.

Gu Lingxi felt somewhat unwilling. This was the first time she had stayed in such a budget hotel, and the first time she had come to such a place with someone else, yet nothing had happened.

Gu Lingxi controlled her thoughts. She didn’t want to treat Qiu Shuang the way she treated other women.

This person was different. She was someone Gu Lingxi had never encountered before, the only one capable of breaking her boundaries.

If she followed her past habits, Gu Lingxi would have chosen to give up immediately upon encountering so many competitors.

Gu Lingxi didn’t like pursuing others. To put it another way, she had been pampered too much in the past, so she was unwilling to lose face or treat others well. Regardless of what she did, someone would always continue to be good to her.

This time seemed truly different from before. She had obtained a relationship that could not be traded with money or exchanged for interests—one based entirely on sincerity. Gu Lingxi wanted to try this…

But could she manage to never change her heart, to remain forever loyal, and to never do “those things”?

Gu Lingxi didn’t know if she could do it. She remembered what her sister had told her.

They were not a good match.

Previously, Gu Lingxi hadn’t understood why Gu Su would say such a thing. At this moment, she truly understood. For a second, time seemed to go quiet.

After a moment of reflection, she sighed. In truth, she hadn’t drunk that much. After washing up, she had sobered up, and coupled with that lingering obsession in her heart, she had been unable to sleep.

“Goodnight… Qiu Shuang.”

I hope that in the future, you can get a little closer to me…

The latter half of the sentence was quietly tucked away in Gu Lingxi’s heart. She had just picked up the blanket to try and cover the other woman when she heard a “beep.” It was the sound of a hotel room door being swiped open with a key card.

Gu Lingxi felt something was wrong. If it were another room, the sound wouldn’t be so loud. Was it their door? She looked at the card inserted in the slot by the door and felt suspicious.

Could it be a staff member with some business? Gu Lingxi had just stood up and put down the blanket when she saw the door being pushed wide open.

Qi Sijiao felt like her head was going to explode. It was already so late, and the dorm was about to be locked down, yet the Senior had not returned.

She knew the other woman very well. Given Qiu Shuang’s strange schedule and her fixed “three-points-one-line” routine, there was absolutely no way she would stay out for no reason, nor would she go out to fool around.

Qi Sijiao’s greatest fear was that Qiu Shuang had been lured away by someone. Was she in trouble? Had some accident occurred?

At the thought of those terrifying social news stories and the strange people surrounding the Senior, Qi Sijiao was fuming. She was currently terrified that something bad had happened to the other woman.

Qi Sijiao had always viewed Qiu Shuang through a heavy filter. Previously, because of certain events, the two had essentially come to blows—though in reality, it was Qiu Shuang one-sidedly thrashing Qi Sijiao. Even so, Qi Sijiao tirelessly continued her efforts, constantly finding excuses for the other woman.

Just as Qi Sijiao was worrying, a message from a stranger made her fall silent. In the image was Qiu Shuang’s back as she supported Gu Lingxi into an unknown hotel.

Qi Sijiao was silent for a moment. She felt like she might be going blind. Before she could react or even process the hotel’s address, the other party followed a “delete and block” routine.

“???”

“I’m done! Gu Lingxi, you bitch!”

Qi Sijiao was truly going to die of anger this time. What mattered was that it was no longer important whether the message from the unknown sender was true or false; she had to go. If it was true, she’d thank the sender; if it was false, a trip wouldn’t hurt.

As for how many of these surreptitious photos the other party had, Qi Sijiao didn’t know. She could only be as careful as possible, trying to find a way to leave the school and handle the matter quickly while grinding her teeth in hatred.

She better not find out what kind of underhanded means Gu Lingxi, that slut, had used to trick Qiu Shuang into a hotel. Why did the Senior need to support her?

Don’t think Qi Sijiao didn’t know; the other woman must have played some little trick. She would never believe the Senior would voluntarily take someone into a hotel.

Sometimes Qi Sijiao felt she was being too narcissistic or perhaps too confident in the Senior, but she truly could not let go of even a fraction of the possibility that Qiu Shuang might be harmed.

She left the school and rushed toward the destination in the photo.

The moment she officially sat in the taxi, Qi Sijiao fell into a silence. Looking at her own reflection in the window, she felt she might truly be finished, or perhaps she was just going crazy.

For the sake of a vague message, she was sneaking out in the middle of the night to a completely strange place, sent by a contact who might have been a scammer—someone who blocked her the moment the message was sent.

Qi Sijiao understood that all of this might actually be someone’s “pig-butchering” scam.

Sitting in the car, she sent her location to her bodyguards and continued looking out at the unfamiliar scenery passing by. Qi Sijiao didn’t actually know what would happen in the end.

At this moment, she really wasn’t sure what she wanted to gain.

If it was love, there was no progress. If it was friendship, it was just “so-so.” Even if the other woman did nothing, she was already prepared to risk her life for her.

Qi Sijiao didn’t understand whether this inexplicable reluctance to let go was love, or a loss of control over possessiveness because she couldn’t have her.

She was truly going to break down. She really hoped that what she saw wasn’t what she thought it was, and that what was happening wasn’t what she feared.

And as for the person behind the scenes… At this thought, Qi Sijiao’s expression turned completely cold.

Regardless of their purpose, they had succeeded. She was indeed very displeased. She hoped the person could hide their tracks well—ideally forever—otherwise, Qi Sijiao couldn’t imagine what terrible things she might do.

She couldn’t do anything to Qiu Shuang, but as for this mysterious stranger and that dead bitch, that was a different story.

Wait until she was finished with this. Two sluts—one bothering the Senior, and one taking secret photos.

After arriving at the hotel front desk, Qi Sijiao used every means possible to get the room number. She immediately rushed up, but when she reached the door, she stopped.

What if Qiu Shuang was willing? The image did show Qiu Shuang supporting the other woman voluntarily. But what if Qiu Shuang was being deceived? At this moment, Qi Sijiao’s left and right brain began to battle.

After a moment of silence, she took out the key card. Everything was now in her hands. Even if things were exactly as she feared, so what? Qi Sijiao was only Qiu Shuang’s roommate, an unremarkable pursuer. What right did she have to control her?

…Forget it, she didn’t care.

Qi Sijiao swiped the door open and pushed her way in, only to see this scene:

That bitch was standing there, fully dressed. Qi Sijiao breathed half a sigh of relief, while the Senior appeared to be asleep.

How interesting. She needed someone to support her just a moment ago, and she sobered up this quickly? Obviously, she was faking it! And how could the Senior inexplicably fall asleep?

Connecting all the dots, Qi Sijiao really couldn’t take it anymore. As expected, this bitch had used such low-class methods. It truly disgusted her!

Qi Sijiao knew Gu Lingxi had been a bit of a playboy before. Although she had already suspected as much, she hadn’t expected this situation to involve other things.

Otherwise, it was very difficult for Qi Sijiao to explain how a normal person who could support someone else in the picture would inexplicably fall asleep so fast.

Qi Sijiao couldn’t imagine what methods the other woman had used; the behavior didn’t quite match her usual style. Whatever, she was already here. To hell with it. In a way, this was a settling of both new and old scores.

Before Gu Lingxi could see what was happening after the door was pushed open, she saw Qi Sijiao. Before she could even wonder how the other woman had found the place, Qi Sijiao suddenly attacked. Gu Lingxi was naturally unwilling to be pinned down, so the two of them became a tangled mess, and the scene instantly became very ugly.

Qiu Shuang, who was still on the bed with her eyes closed, was waiting for Gu Lingxi’s rambling to stop. Before she could react, there was the sound of a door being pushed open, and then someone entered.

There was no dialogue—just an immediate fight. Qiu Shuang opened her eyes to see exactly that.

Qi Sijiao and Gu Lingxi were brawling. Qiu Shuang was truly fed up. She didn’t know how Qi Sijiao had inexplicably ended up here, but the most important thing now was to separate these two lunatics. Otherwise, with all this noise, people would wonder what the three of them were doing.

“Stop it! You two lunatics, stop fighting!”

Support